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FRANK o. oLArLIN,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Letters .Patent N 98,030, dated December` 241, v1869; lmtedatedDccemluf) 18, 1'869.

lIMPROT-TFD NAIL AND PEG-DRIVER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and.- makingpart of thesama To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that l', FRANK 0. GLAFLIN, of the city and State of NewYork, have invented and made a new and useful Improvementiu Nail andPeg-Drivers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the said invention, reference being had to theannexed drawing, making part of this specification, wherein- Figure 1 isa side view of said nail-driver;

Figure 2 is a plan of the same;

Figure 3 is a horizontal section, at the line :c :t and i i Figure 4 isa veitical section, at the centre of the mul-driving punch. w

Similar marks of reference denote the same parts.

This' invention isV primarily intended for driving small nails or pegs,in lasting boots land shoes, but

-the' same-might be used for other characters of work.

I have shown the improvement as applied toa pair of lasting-pincers, butit might be made separately.

My inventionconsists in a driving-punch that also y acts to separate thenail that is driven from a range or series of connected nails forming astrip, in combination with a feeding and holding-mechanism that restsagainst the suriace,"while the continua-tion of 'the movement causes thepunch to -dlive the 'nail, whereby the apparatus is manipula-ted thesame as 'a hammer, and when the blow is struck upon the surface intowhich the nail is to be driven,'the portion of the apl'iaratus carryingthe strip of' nails is arrested, and the punch, continuing its movement,cuts oil the end nail and drives it.

In Letters latcnt, g'anted April 27, A. D. 1869, numbered 89,467, atack-driver is represented in combination with lasting-pincers.

The present invention is a modification of the deaice'patented asaforesaid, and relates especially to lasting-pincers, but it may beusedibr'driving tacks, nails, orpegs, separately from thelasting-pincers.

In the drawinga represent-s the handles, b the pincers, and c the hammerof an ordinary pair of lasting-pincers;

d is an arm, hinged at e, and carrying the 'feeding and holding-devices;and

j' is the punch, attached to the head of the hammer, pinCers, or otherdevice carrying the part-S.

The coil of pegs or nails properly prepared is introduced in the holderg, andn'etained by a cap, 2.

The strip of pegs passes out, as seen at li, into a channel above thearm d, formed by the converging plates 3 4, that lead the nails inbeneath the die 5, that is attached upon the end of d, and has atrailsverse groove for the punch f, so that the parts swinging upon emay move over said punch f, or the punch f-inove through said groove.

This groove terminates at the end of the nail-channel, and thefeeding-,device carries the strip, so that one nail is projected. intothat groovewith the'head of the nail,"0r the connection to the next, toform the strip next to the arm d, so that a blow of the apparatus, byturning it over and striking the die 5 upon the surface to be nailed,will break or cut oi' the nail,

and drive it out of-said transverse groove int-o the leather or othermaten'al.

The spring lcatches iu between the nails, preventing the strip drawingback, and the slide a feeds the same forward.

This slide n partially encloses the end of d it isl drawn back by thespring o, and guided on the pins 7 and 8; it also carries the paw'i 'r,on the fulcrum q and s is a spring for said pawl.

The ends of this pawl are notched, to t-ake the nails' and move thestrip along, and motion is given to the slide, as the blow is struck, bythe cam-incline 10 on f. f

l provide a plate, non the side of the pawl r, and a stationary stud, c,so as to prevent the pawl jump- `ingback out of the openings between thenails, as

the blow is given, and thereby I insure the proper feed ofthe nail andthe holding of the strip as the nail is cut off and driven.

Upon the side ofthe lasting-pince'rs I place a num-. ber-wheel, ne,attached by a clamping-screw. The numbers correspond with the size-marksfor the boots or' shoes, so that the parts of such boots or sh'oes maybe stamped with the proper number with great facility.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1 The punch f,in combination with the swinging arm d, and mechanism for presenting tothe punch one nail or peg -to be driven, substantially as set forth.

2. The arrangement of the slide n, pawl fr, die 5, and punch f,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

.3. The combination of a wheel. with size-marks with lasting-pincers,substantially asV set forth.

In witness whereof', I have hereunto set'my signa-- Witnesses:

Guns. H. SMITH, Geo. T. PINGKNEY.

